Cythnia albida

Cythnia albida
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Caenogastropoda
Superfamily:	Eulimoidea
Family:	Eulimidae
Genus:	Cythnia
Species:	C. cythnia
Binomial name
	Cythnia albida; Carpenter, 1864

Last updated March 22, 2019

Cythnia albida is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Eulimidae. The species is one of two known species to exist within the genus, Cythnia , with the other one being Cythnia asteriaphila .^[1]

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References

↑ Carpenter, 1864. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=565658 on 2013-01-10.

External links

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[WoRMS-1] Carpenter, 1864. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=565658 on 2013-01-10.